Problem
Commercialization of universities
Other Names:
Part-time academic consultantsUniversity competition in the private consulting sector
Nature:
The commercialization of university research, and the financial and political encouragement accorded to research that can presented as bearing immediate and calculable relevance to desired economic goals, have worked to alter significantly the working models of intellectual enquiry. There is every indication that this period of restructuring and reorienting in higher education and research is only part way through; it is hard to imagine it ever being fully reversed.
Broader Problems:
Unfair competitionCommercialization of knowledgeCommercial exploitation of educationEconomic rationalism drives education Narrower Problems:
Commercialization of research Related Problems:
Inadequate university educationCommercialization of medical practiceUnsatisfactory client/consultant relationshipDiversion of education to qualification earning Aggravates:
Sporadic consultant servicesUnbridled academic competitionExploitative use of consultantsDevaluation of honorary degreesCollusion between academics and government authorities Strategies:
Resisting commercializationCommercializing Subject(s):
Commerce → Commerce Commerce → Conditions of trade
Education → Educational content
Education → Universities
Fundamental Sciences → Form
Government → Private
Information → Expertise
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
09.11.2020 – 19:42 CET